A disabled mother was left cash-strapped by her 10-year-old son who thousands on multi-player online shooting Fortnite. Single mum-of-two Cleo Duckett, 46, said she discovered her bank account had just £8 left in it on Friday night. Cleo, from Cefn Glas in Bridgend and on benefits as she suffers from polio and is on a wheelchair, said she has had to dig funds out of her son’s savings pot in order to make until her next benefit payment on September 6. Fortnite is currently one of most popular video games among young people, garnering some 45 million players, according to Epic Games. The programme contains in-game purchases where players can buy outfits, weapons and other items. Cleo, who receives around £700 a month in benefits, said: “I only found out about it all when I went to use the cash machine and there was only £8 left in my account,” she told Media Wales. Not long after that, Cleo received a text from the bank saying she was now in her overdraft. Cleo said: “My son started crying and admitted everything that he had done. “He had used my bank card behind my back, typed my details into his Xbox and bought lots of games on Fortnite. Read More Top Stories from Mirror Online “He spent £1,193.25, leaving me around £245 into my overdraft. “There was £50 here and £50 there; £60 here and £66 there, and that’s without the VAT. “I think he must have been paying for different… [Read full story]